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Topic: tb meds if negative, prophylaxis (Read 3109 times)

How would you feel about taking five additional pills a day, for TB, if you had been tested twice by skin/negative and three times by sputum/negative doctors are waiting on tests by broncoscopy that will take 6 weeks for final tests.

would you take tb during that period as prophylaxis on top of 15 other very necessary meds?

an xray showed significant cavitary lesions on my lungs, right especially. this could be indicative of TB, or of PCP pneumonia. I have confirmed pheomonia, not confirmed TB. to the best of my ability to communicate with the Dr, this is purely prophylactic.

irrelevant at this point, today i went to the health department, and signed a piece of paper saying that i understood i would be in violation of the law if i don't take my meds. and permitting a health dept agent to come to my home every morning for at least the next six weeks and watch me take my meds. for a condition that i am not confirmed to have. they don't even give me the meds, she will be bringing them to me every day.

... today i went to the health department, and signed a piece of paper saying that i understood i would be in violation of the law if i don't take my meds. and permitting a health dept agent to come to my home every morning for at least the next six weeks and watch me take my meds. for a condition that i am not confirmed to have. they don't even give me the meds, she will be bringing them to me every day.

The powers that be are doing what they must as protocols insist they do, but me, personally, I still wouldn't swallow the TB meds, if at all possible, if a serious chest examination result will settle the matter in 4-6 weeks.

On the other hand, swallowing them won't hurt, apart from the (possible) side effects.

I'd want Septrin for PCP prevention (prob at a treatment dose rather than prevention one) and wait til the diagnosis of TB is or isn't confirmed for the rest. And another antibiotic at high strength for (non TB related) other pnemonias.

That's just me. I like to take treatment for known conditions.

While it might be TB (TB is notoriusly difficult to nail down in HIV-positive folk), it is most likely something else (that needs treating) << but it still may be TB, as an outside chance, there you go, notoriusly difficult etc

I was thinking about this:If Big Gvt is Ordering you on Meds (for fear of transmissible multi resistant TB) then they have to provide the TB for free. In the same line, I would assume Bug Gvt has no other choice but to provide FREE HIV meds to TB-Zach, life long

I was thinking about this:If Big Gvt is Ordering you on Meds (for fear of transmissible multi resistant TB) then they have to provide the TB for free. In the same line, I would assume Bug Gvt has no other choice but to provide FREE HIV meds to TB-Zach, life long

I used to haul someone to a health department every day (during the week) so the health dept nurse could watch him take his TB meds. If he didn't show up, there would be a warrant put out for his arrest. States are just funny about stuff like that. It may not be pleasant to take the meds, but it wouldn't be pleasant to have to mess with the whole legal system either. Sorry you're going through this, Zach.

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